+-- Daniel Henshaw
                                                            |    1762-1825 
                         +-- John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw --+
                         |    1792-1852                     |
                         |                                  +-- Sarah Esther Printis
                         |                                       1770-1849 
Charles Henry Henshaw ---+
B: 1830                  |                                  +-- Isaac Gorham
D: 1910                  |                                  |
                         +-- Mary Gorham -------------------+
                              1791-1881                     |
                                                            +-- Sarah Thomas
M: Harriet Adams
   +-- Frances Henshaw,  1871-1871 
   +-- Harriet Frances Henshaw, c1873-1944 
   +-- Stanley Henshaw,  1874-1950 
   +-- Anne B. Henshaw,  1882-1964 

Charles Henry Henshaw     [ID 06089]

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Born 1830, Maryland.^a,b    Christened Apr 5 1830, Saint Peters Protestant Episcopal, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.^c

In Sep 1846 Charles H. Henshaw, age 16, of Providence County, Rhode Island, applied as a cadet to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.    Sponsored by Representative Mr. Cranston; recommended by Bishop Henshaw.^d    In Mar 1847 Chas Henshaw, age 16-17, again applied as a cadet to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.    Sponsored by Representative Mr. Cranston; recommended by Bishop Henshaw.^d    Charles attended Brown University (class of 1853).^e

On Sep 23 1861 Charles Henshaw, age 29, enlisted at Buffalo, New York as a captain in Company K, 100th New York Infantry;^f,g commissioned Dec 16 1861;^f,h discharged Jul 20 1862.^f,h

See also: Henry C. Henshaw who also served, with Charles, in Company K, 100th New York Infantry.

Charles was shown in the 1870 census (Jun 10 1870), living in the household of sister Mary in Providence, Rhode Island:ⁱ

Charles and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 9-10 1880), Providence, Rhode Island:ⁿ

Harriet died Jan 22 1913, Rhode Island; age 72; buried Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Rhode Island.^b,o   

SOURCES

(a) 1850 census, Providence County, Rhode Island; roll 845, page 240, dwelling #199.

(b) "The Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project":
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery.

(c) LDS IGI, citing: records of Saint Peters Protestant Episcopal, Baltimore.

(d) U.S. Military and Naval Academy Registers, 1805-1908; http://www.ancestry.com.

(e) U.S. School Yearbooks; http://www.ancestry.com.

(f) American Civil War Soldiers; http://www.ancestry.com.

(g) Contribution from Mark Hoy Henshaw citing:
"New York in the War of The Rebellion, 1861 to 1865", by Frederick Phisterer.

(h) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles; http://www.ancestry.com.

(i) 1870 census, 2nd Ward, Providence, Rhode Island; roll M593-1478, page 247B-248A, line #40, dwelling #155, family #157.

(j) LDS IGI.

(k) Rhode Island Marriages, 1636-1930; http://www.ancestry.com.

(l) Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930; http://www.ancestry.com.

(m) Obituary of Harriet Frances Henshaw.

(n) 1880 census, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; roll T9-1211, ED 11, page 187A, line #15, dwelling #212, family #256.

(o) Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930; http://www.ancestry.com.

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